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--Ere he shall lose an eye for such a trifle... For doing deeds of nature! I'm ashamed. The law is such an ass. -- G. Chapman, 1654.
Apr 25, 2010
Arizona and the Illegals
I've just told an Arizona friend I probably would have signed the immigration bill myself if it had been up to me. At the same time my skin crawls at the notion of "Your papers! Kuhvickly!")
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I had to laugh when the Arizona governor said, "There will be no racial profiling." What are they going to do, stop every out of state license? "Where you from, boy?" JAGSC
With the caveat that I haven't read the bill itself, it appears to be one of those laws written to be selectively enforced, further diluting the doctrine of governing by laws rather than men.
The motive is understandable, and, as I said, I probably would have done as Gov. Jan did. Illegals demanding freebie everything forced her hand.
But I still hate the thought that we are that much closer to the era of the internal passport. "And what business takes you to Peoria, Comrade?"
I'm told that what Gov. Jan signed on Friday was a word-for-word copy of the Federal statute. The only laws violated were those concerning plagiarism. Oh, and JAGSC? Ask the next cop you meet what a Terry Stop is. They'll be glad to tell you. At length.
At first the cops will only hassle Hispanics, so the people pushing this drivel will smile all comfy in their beds. They forget that gun control used to be about "nigras."
JMW, I take you are talking about Terry v. Ohio, where the supremes blessed a "stop and frisk" detention based on "reasonable suspicion". Therein lies the problem--reasonable to whom. The stopping cop, of course. Guess who the Zonies are going to stop. It ain't your blue hair from Minnesota. I have no problem with checking the citizenship status of those already in jail, but, I'm with Jim on checking everyone's papers before they board the train. JAGSC
A little over 20 years ago, the INS did a raid in the apartment complex in Atlanta right across the street from the convenience store at which I worked.
At the time, I was walking through the complex to visit a coworker who lived there. I was shaken down for ID by a gun-toting fed. It's a good thing he didn't ask for proof of citizenship, because I don't normally carry that sort of thing around with me.
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I had to laugh when the Arizona governor said, "There will be no racial profiling." What are they going to do, stop every out of state license? "Where you from, boy?" JAGSC
With the caveat that I haven't read the bill itself, it appears to be one of those laws written to be selectively enforced, further diluting the doctrine of governing by laws rather than men.
The motive is understandable, and, as I said, I probably would have done as Gov. Jan did. Illegals demanding freebie everything forced her hand.
But I still hate the thought that we are that much closer to the era of the internal passport. "And what business takes you to Peoria, Comrade?"
I'm told that what Gov. Jan signed on Friday was a word-for-word copy of the Federal statute. The only laws violated were those concerning plagiarism. Oh, and JAGSC? Ask the next cop you meet what a Terry Stop is. They'll be glad to tell you. At length.
At first the cops will only hassle Hispanics, so the people pushing this drivel will smile all comfy in their beds. They forget that gun control used to be about "nigras."
JMW, I take you are talking about Terry v. Ohio, where the supremes blessed a "stop and frisk" detention based on "reasonable suspicion". Therein lies the problem--reasonable to whom. The stopping cop, of course. Guess who the Zonies are going to stop. It ain't your blue hair from Minnesota. I have no problem with checking the citizenship status of those already in jail, but, I'm with Jim on checking everyone's papers before they board the train. JAGSC
A little over 20 years ago, the INS did a raid in the apartment complex in Atlanta right across the street from the convenience store at which I worked.
At the time, I was walking through the complex to visit a coworker who lived there. I was shaken down for ID by a gun-toting fed. It's a good thing he didn't ask for proof of citizenship, because I don't normally carry that sort of thing around with me.
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